Pioneering Drug Discovery Company Bridge Medicines Launched to Advance Promising Early Technologies in Major Academic Institutions through Human Proof of Concept

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, The Rockefeller University and °ÅÀÖÊÓÆµ announced on Oct. 31 that they have established a new drug discovery company called Bridge Medicines.

Launched in partnership with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. and healthcare investment firms Bay City Capital and Deerfield Management, Bridge Medicines is a groundbreaking initiative that completes a seamless, fully funded and professionally staffed path from concept to drug candidate to efficiently and rapidly develop innovative therapeutics for treating human diseases.

"Bridge Medicines is a transformative concept for therapeutics development that will provide enormous hope to patients and incredibly exciting opportunities for researchers to take their discoveries into the clinic," said °ÅÀÖÊÓÆµ Interim Dean Augustine M.K. Choi. "°ÅÀÖÊÓÆµ is honored to be part of this groundbreaking investment in medicine."

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